#2b6277

Color #2b6277

A moderately saturated dark cyan.

Closest named color Dark Slate Gray #2f4f4f · ΔE 15.51 Nearest Tailwind class cyan-800 #005f78 · ΔE 2.9

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Conversions

HEX

#2b6277

RGB

rgb(43, 98, 119)

HSL

hsl(196.6, 46.9%, 31.8%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(196.6, 63.9%, 46.7%)

CMYK

cmyk(63.9%, 17.6%, 0%, 53.3%)

LAB

lab(38.86, -11.21, -17.23)

LCH

lch(38.86, 20.56, 236.95)

OKLCH

oklch(46.8%, 0.0668, 225.97)

HWB

hwb(196.6, 16.9%, 53.3%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#77402b

Analogous

#2b7766

#2b6277

#2b3c77

Triadic

#2b6277

#772b62

#62772b

Split-complementary

#2b6277

#772b3c

#77662b

Tetradic

#2b6277

#402b77

#77402b

#62772b

Square

#2b6277

#662b77

#77402b

#3c772b

Shades

Color #2b6277 mixed toward black.

#245263

#1d414f

#16313c

#0e2128

#071014

Tints

Color #2b6277 mixed toward white.

#3a85a2

#55a3c1

#7fbad1

#aad1e0

#d4e8f0

Tones

Color #2b6277 mixed toward gray.

#315f71

#385c6a

#3e5a64

#44575e

#4b5457

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

6.74:1

Aa Black text on this color

3.12:1

White text reads better on this background (6.74:1). That passes WCAG AA (≥4.5:1) for normal-size text, but not AAA.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#494972 · ΔE 19.6

Deuteranopia

#464171 · ΔE 20.7

Tritanopia

#306f6e · ΔE 11.7

Achromatopsia

#5b5b5b · ΔE 15.5

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Code

CSS

background-color: #2b6277;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#2b6277]

Related colors

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Deep Sky Blue #00bfff

Light Blue #add8e6

Light Sky Blue #87cefa

Charcoal #36454f

Powder Blue #b0e0e6

Frequently asked questions

#2b6277 (#2b6277) is rgb(43, 98, 119) in RGB.

No, #2b6277 is not one of the 216 web-safe colors — for that, every RGB channel would have to be a multiple of 51.

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